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The young woesture, throwing back the red ribbons she had tied there She’d taken to wearing twice as ure stepped between two of the horses He had a thick , he had the air of one who had seen e of the Two Rivers ht send that Taone

"Why, Dannil," Faile said, "what an odd coincidence to see you here"

"Coincidence?" he asked, scratching at his head He held his bow in one hand, staff-like, though he kept glancing at it, wary A lot of people did that with their weapons now "You asked me to come here"

"It must be a coincidence nonetheless," Faile said, "in case anyone asks Particularly if that sos fro into step with her

"And you’d prefer to risk letting hiroup of rabid Whitecloaks?"

"No None of the men do"

"You’ve done what I asked, then?"

Dannil nodded "I spoke to Grady and Neald Lord Perrin has already ordered them to stay nearby, but we talked Grady said he’d have weaves of Air ready, and will grab Lord Perrin and get out if things get ugly, Neald covering the retreat I’ve talked to the roup of archers in the trees will be ready to provide a distraction"

Faile nodded Neither Asha’man had been wounded in this bubble of evil, fortunately Each had been carrying a knife, but reports said they’d looked at the floating weapons, then nonchalantly waved hands and blasted theers with news of Faile’s earth-throwing trick had reached the section of camp the Asha’man had been in, they’d found this area in h ca weapons wherever they saw them

Part of the reason for the delay before the trial was to take care of Healing But another large reason was because Perrin wanted to give time to the camp’s smiths and craftsmen to make replacement weapons for those who had lost theirs, just in case the trial turned to a battle And Faile was increasingly certain that it would

"Lord Perrin won’t like being pulled away fro," Dannil said "Not one bit"

"That tent could turn into a death trap," Faile said "Perrin can lead the battle if he wants, but frohed, but nodded "Yes,Bull

Step by step, he learned balance The hen the as needed; the man when the man was needed He let himself be drawn into the hunt, but kept Faile--his hoe of the sword, but each step made him more confident

Today, he hunted Hopper, wily and experienced prey But Young Bull was quick to learn, and having the es He could think like so, or soun? Where would this path of understanding lead? There was a secret to this, a secret Young Bull had to find for himself